But, the current makeup of the team (presumably) indicates that the hiring process didn't rely on venues where other nationalities/races predominate. You might respond that the team hired the best candidates available - which could indeed be true - but GP's point is worth raising, if inelegantly phrased.
Isn't that why Intel has put $300 million into diversity hiring[1]?
Isn't that why we have campaigns like "Black girls can code"?
Isn't that what Ellen Pao is trying to do at Reddit[2]
> She has eliminated salary negotiations from the hiring process because women often end up fairing worse in terms of pay. She has hired a well-known diversity consultant to advise Reddit. She has passed over candidates who are not committed to gender and racial diversity, according to the interview.
[1] http://fortune.com/2015/01/12/intel-diversity/ [2] http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/06/technology/ellen-pao-reddit-...
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